So I just finished my first day at cusec '09 (in Montreal) and so far, it's really awesome. I heard presentations from Leah Culver (if you ever get to see a keynote given by her, go for it. It's totally worth it.), Jói Sigurðsson (gave me a few really good ideas for my tagging project), and Dan Ingalls (unfortunately, I was getting really tired by that point of the day and half-nodded off a few times, sorry Dan!). Leah gave an awesome inspirational speech about using the tools you have available right *now* to do what you want to do(it was called Swiss Army Knives and Duct Tape). Jói gave an interesting presentation on client-side mass-market applications and the challenges of supporting as many configurations as possible with the most efficiency as possible. Dan talked about his life and involvement with physics and technology for about 30 minutes and then he moved onto the Lively Kernel which is very cool and there are imcredible possibilities in its future.
Later tonight is pub night at BENELUX. It's gonna be awesome!